Passenger-car.



P. N.1JONES.

PASSENGER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1912.

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Patented May 12, 1914.

P. N. JONES:

PASSENGER CAP.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 1, 1912.

1,096, 174. Patented May 12, 1914.

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PASSENGER CAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1912.

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WITNESSES WMW P. N. JONES.

PASSENGER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1912.

Patented May 12, 1914.

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PEARL N. JONES, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Latent.

Application filed August 1, 1912.

Serial No. 712,729.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1. Penn. N. Jonas, a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in 'Passenger-Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whicht Figure l is a floor plan of the lower declr of a double-deck' passenger car, embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the upper deck; Figs. 3 and l are sections taken, respectively, on the lines Ill-1ll and IVIV of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing a modification; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a portion of a double-deck car embodying my invention; Fig. 7 is a partial plan view of a single-deck car embodying features of my invention; and Figs. 8 and 9 are diagrammatic plan views illustrating different arrangemen s of the seats and of the exit and entrance doors.

My invention has relation to passenger cars, and more particularly to what are commonly known as street cars.

One object of my invention is to provide a car having anovel arrangement of its exit and entrance passages, whereby the incoming and outgoing passengers will not only be separated and prevented from interfering with each other within the car but which will also separate the entering and alighting passengers exteriorly of the car on the street. In central side entrance cars; as heretofore used, the entrance and exit passages have been closely adjacent to each other, and there has been interference between the incoming and outgoing passengers within the car, due to the crowding of incoming passengers adyacent the exit opening and of outgoing passengers'adjacent the entrance opening. My invention is designed to overcome this; and this feature of my invention is applicable to both single and double-deck cars.

' My invention also provides a car in which the responsibility of looking after the pas sengers may, ifdesired, be divided between the, motorman and the conductor. The increasing size of street cars has increased the work on the crew, and in cars having a siny gle doororadjacent doors for entrance and exit, that member oi the crew (motorman or conductor) who looks after the operation of the doors 111- tlClCllt lOn to performing his or- Patented May 12, 1914:.

dinary duties, has-more than half the work to per-form, resulting in-loss of time and delay to schedule. trance and exit type, the conductor usually has too much to look after, since he is required to look after both the entering and alight-ing passengers and to control both the entrance and exit doors. In cars con structedin accordance with my invention, this work may be divided, and while the conductor retains control of the entrance doors and entering passengers, collecting fares, etc, the motorman can be given control of the exit doors. T his feature of my invention is also applicable to both single and double-deck cars.

A further object of my invention is to provide a double-deck car of novel construction, which will have a maximum seating capacity.

A still further object is to provide a double de'clt carwhich will be'of minimum height, so as to readily pass under existing overhead structures; and to provide a car or this type having an arrangement of stair- Ways which will encroach as little as possible upon the seating space of the car and which are conveniently located with reference to the exitand entrance openings.

Anotherobject of this invention is to provide for the symmetrical arrangement of entrance and exit openings and Stairways in a shorter space, without passenger interference, thereby reducing the length of the depressed portion of the car body.

Other objects of my invention will hereinafter appear. 1

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

in which I have illustrated my invention,

the numeral 2 designates the side of the car which, in the douhle-deck form, may be provided with the usual lower windows 3 and also with the upper windows 4. The central portion 5 of the car frame intermediate the trucks 6 is preferably depressed within a comparatively short distance of the street surface, so as to form a stepless car, this de pression extending transversely the entire width of the car. pressed portion to theend portions of the car may be had by a single step 7. By using In cars of the center en- Access from this detruck wheels of relatively small diameter, these steps 7 :an be made very low, and their height may still further be reduced b rainping the floor of the end porti au-;,-as indicated at 8 in Fig. 6,

The numeral 9 designates the entrance opening and 10 the exit opening. These openingsare formed at the central portion of thc'car, and instead of being closcl 7 adjacent to each other, they are separated from each other by a considerable portion of the length of the car side. In a single-deck car, this space between the entrance and exit openings may be utilised as a seating space, a longitudinally extending seat 11 between the two openings being shown in. Pig. 7. Preferably, both sides of the car will be provided with these entrance and exit openings, the doors at the side not in use being kept closed, and the space adjacent thereto being occupied by folding seats, such as indicated at 12, in Fig. 7.

The name all 13 designates doors controlling the entrance opening; 14- the doors con trolling the exit opening. These doors may be of any usual or approved character. They may be doublc-leaf'doors, shown in Figs. 1 7 and 8, or they may be single-leaf doors,

shown at 10 and 14 in Fig. 9.

15 indicates the conductors station, which is preferably at or near the center of the car between the opposite entrance openings 9.

l6 designates, diagrammatically, actuating connections of any suitable character, under the control of the conductor, for controlling the doors 13.- i

16 and 17 indicate actuating connections of any suitable character for controlling the exit doors 14, the connection 17 being shown as extending forwardly to the motorinans station at 18. By providing suitable connections 16, however, the conductor may be given control of both the doors l3 and 14, which would be necessary when the car is operated as a trailer. Urdinarily, however, for the reasons before stated, prefer to divide the control between the motorrnan and the conductor.

As shown in Figs. 8 and 9, if it is desired,

both the entrance and exit openings may be,

divided by a rail 20, so that both. the incoming and outgoing passengers can be divided into two streams, and thus further avoid confusion in handling crowds.

In the double-deck form of any invention, the control lower floor space between the entrance and exit doors is utilized for the stairways. In Fig. 1, the npgoing stairway, for instance, is illustrated at 9.1., and the down going stairway at 22. At the side of the car which is not in use, it is possible to provide a seat 23, one end thereof extending nnder health the higher end of the stairway. A seat 241- may also be provided at the inner arrangem nt of seats on the lower deck, the

upper deck will have the central part of the 'tloor of its end portions depressed at 28, as

shown in Fig. 3, with the longitudinally eX- tending side seats 29.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the seats 30 on the lower deck are at the sides of the an and face a central aisle space 31, while on the upper deck the two longitudinal seats at each end are placed back to back, with the depressed aisle space 33 at each side oi the car.

in either of the two arrangements described, itwill seen that the seating spaces on the upper deck are over aislespaces on the lower deck, while the seating spades on the lower deck are underneath aisle spaces on the upper deck. In this way, a considerable economy in the total height of the car is effected.

I do not limit myself to any particiilar ar' rangcment of the seats. Both ends of the car may be as shown in Fig. 3, or asshown in Fl. 5; 'or one end of the car may have the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 and the other end. the arrangement shown in Fig. 5. Various otherarrangements of seats, including cross or side arrangements, may also be ei'nployed, two of such arrangements being shown in Figs. 8 and Where t.e arr ngement is such as shown in 5, the ce* .al portion 34 between the two seats may be used to carry a ventilating space or ventilating pipe in the lower deck, these spaces or pipes extending through the roof of the car. To give greater head room above the central portion of the upper deck above the stairs, the central portion of the car root may be elevated, as shown at 36, in Fig. 6, the trolley or trolleys 37 being mounted on the lower end portions of the car roof. Iii preferred, in singledeck cars, the doors may be placed at the frontend at the cars, near the motor-man, as shown in Fi 9.

will be seen that my invention provides a having the various advantages before stated, whereby niaxinunn seating capacity can be obtained with fusion or interference between the incoming and outgoing passengers. In some cases, it may b desired to reverse the entrance and exit openings, the openings 10 constituting the entrance, "Whilc'the openings 9 constia minimum of con- ,tion, an upper dropped portion to the upper tute the exit. In this case, the conductors station will, of course, he correspondingly changed to a point opposite the openings 10. In single-end cars of the single-deck type, the entrance and exit openings at one side of the car may, of course, be omitted, and the entire space along this side of the car at its'central portion be utilized for seats.

In order to better control the passengers of a double-deck car, the inotormans station may be placed on the upper deck, if so desired, in which case, the car-controlling mechanism may be located at 18 of Fig. *2. In some cases, it may be found desirable to place the exit opening adj; acent to the motor mans station, in order to further separate the entrance and exit openings. rangement is shown in Fig. 9, in which 9' indicates the entrance and 10 the exit. T he entrance 9 is located at or near the can tral portion of the car.

My invention is also susceptible of various other modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A double deal: passenger car having an inclosed lower floor extending from end to end of the car, special low swiveled trucks beneath the end portions of the car body and its floor, said body extending beyond the trucks and having a side door opening lead ing into the car body, the said body having a dropped frame portion extending below said opening, a door for closing said opening and a step port-ion within the car body at said opening, the said low trucks and the dropped portion of the frame cooperating to bring said step portion only one step above the level of the track and the lower iioor not more than one step above said step pordeck, and a stairway rising from the said deck; substantially as described.

2. A passenger car having side entrance and exit openings arranged at the central portion of the car, but separated from each other by a considerable portion the car side, doors controlling said openings, and means whereby the exit doors may be con: trolled from one point on a car and the entrance doors from a diiiierent point, substantially as described.

3. A passenger car having side entrance and exit openings arranged at the central portion of the car, but separated from each other by a considerable portion of the car side, doors controlling said openings, and actuating connections for one set of doors extending to a conductors station, and actuating connections for the other set of doors extending to a inotornians station, substan tially as described.

) 4:. A double deck passenger car having centrally arranged side entrance and exit openings, 'and a stairway at each side of the car Th is arl l i l in the portion thereof between said openings, the two staii'ways being oppositely inclined; substantially as described.

5. A double deck passenger car, having separated exit and entrance openings in the side oi the car, and a stairway at each side of the car in the portion thereof between the said openings, said stairways being separated from each other by a longitudinal aisle space affording passage from one end portion oi the car to the other substantially as described.

ii. A doubledeck passenger car, having separated exit and entrance openings in the side of the car, and a stairway at each side of the car in the portion thereof between the said openings, said stairways being separated from 82 ch other by a longitudinal aisle space affording passage from one end portion of the car to the other, and the two stairways other; substantially as described.

7. A double deck passenger car having separated side entrance and exit openings, and a longitudinally extending stairway at each side of that portion of the car between said openings, said stall-ways being parallel with the sides of the car and being separated on the lower deck by a free longitudinal aisle space, and there being a conductors station adjacent to the foot of one of the Stairways; substantially as described 8. A double deck car, having end seating spaces on the lower deck separated from each other by a central portion which is de pressed below spaces, and the car having a side entrance and a side exit opening at opposite'ends of the depressed portion, together with stairways rising from said depressed portion, between the exit and entrance openings, and leading to the upper deck; substantially as described.

9. A double deck car, having end seating spaces on the lower deck separated from each other by a central portion which is dep s .Ll below the level ot' the end seating spaces, and the car having a side entrance and a side exit opening at opposite ends of the depressed portion, together with two oppositcly inclined stair-ways rising from said depressed portion between the said openings and separated from each other by a longitusubstantially as described.-

dinal aisle space;

10. A double deck passenger car having the central portion in its lower floor depressed with entrance and exit openings at the opposite ends at the depressed portion, and stairways intermediate the entrance and cr-zit openings, substantially as described.

11. A double deck passenger car having separated sideentrance the central portion of the car..a stairway at each side of the car between the entrance and exit openings, a seat on the lower deck being inclined oppositely to eachand exit openings at r thclevel of the end seating docks, together with two oppositoiy incline under a .sitairway and :1 seat on the upper po tlon and an exit opening at tho oj posite deck extending over a stairway, substao em thoi-eof, a stairway at each side of the tmliy as doscixiiiwed.

153. double (lock oar having a ('iemessevl contra] portion with side openinos at tho opposite Cllflifi thol'oof, and. a stairway iocatod botwuozi said openings, and the 1% portion of the (111? above the. stairway Ewing elevated above the ioso] of tho and of the cm.- i-ooi, substzmtialiy :15 (ii,

13. A double-deck mossenger car tuning our and rising from tho depressed portion Q01, and the roof of the car over the top of tho SifiIilTWl being raised above t: ,L of the end portions of said. roof; substantially as "inscribed.

I15. A past-ion; 31 car having the central poz'iion of its floor depressed below tho level of the and PUTfiiiQll tizerooi with an entrance A 1 opening at one end of the depressed portion depressed central entrance and stairway and an exit opening at the opposite end space on the lower floor, :1 correspond 5 thereof, doors controlling said openings, and

space on the upper fiom' into which the cortisol n'zonjzicctimis for the exit doors lead- Ways open, and an and seating space at not 7 ing to one oporntuig station, and the other ends of the our on both the nppei'ond lows .oc-tiw for th other set of doors ieador s vLion; substzmtioiiy as do- Stairways rising from. the respective of said depressed portion and at opposito of the 0:11, substantially as descijibeci,

14. A, double dock car, having tho so it. portion of its lower floor daprossed bolow the level of its end portions "with an oiitrance o iiening at one end of the depressed siimony Whoi'oof, I have hereunto set Pill 3.111.; N. JONES. 

